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Synaptic remodeling of the cerebellar circuitry in mutant mice and experimental cerebellar malformations

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Sotelo, C., Privat, A. Synaptic remodeling of the cerebellar circuitry in mutant mice and experimental cerebellar malformations. Acta Neuropathol 43, 19–34 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00684995

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